with that deposit, i bought some cake pans. i bought some flour and eggs and butter. its literally how simple it was. >> reporter: by buying only what he can afford and focusing on quality he avoided the dangerous debt that doomed so many others during the recession and so the jobs have lasted and the customers keep on coming. some for a few hundred. some for many thousands of dollars per cake! and for duff, the creations spectacular but the recipe remains simple. >> to build in tough times, you need to do things correctly. there is no shortcut. no formula, no magic pill. you need to pay your bills and keep your employees happen. you just have to do a good job. >> tom foreman, cnn, baltimore. >> that does it for us here on this "american morning." appreciate you spending time with us. >> see you back here bright and early tomorrow. meanwhile, keep watching because

the news condition. "cnn newsroom" starts with fredricka whitfield. live pictures right now in preparation for the state visit of president hu jintao of china. you see everyone poised there. later on today, president obama and the chinese president will be getting down to business. right now, of course, they are about to greet the visiting leader. this is a first of this magnitude in about 12 years or so. of course, we will take you there live to the garden as it happens. you can see, of course, a number of people there who have gathered. those who were lucky enough to get this bird's-eye view of it. we understand some of the dignitaries, including u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton are already there. they are poised to do this welcoming of president hu who will be arriving momentarily. we know there was kind of a candid dinner that took place last night between president obama and president hu. among the guests at that dinner, which we understand to be a much

more candor environment, secretary of state hillary clinton was there. no note takers apparently. that might be saved for this evening when there will be a state dinner of great malmagnitude, of course. all right. a look at our top stories. get back to the white house momentarily. check out this. remarkable video out of philadelphia. local station wcau capturing this raging fireball. a gas main exploded, killing one utility worker and injurying five other people. in haiti, charges are filed against the exile dictator who returned home over the weekend. john claude who is also known as baby doc fled the country 25 years ago ago and has not revealed while is he back. sources in that country say the charges are related to financial corruption and may include human rights violations. on to colorado. a mother is charged in her

child's death. police say 34-year-old shannon johnson was on facebook and left her son unattended in the bathtub. the 13-month-old infant drowned. america and china, it's among the most important relationship that we have with a foreign nation. a rising superpower and, today, president obama and chinese president hu jintao get down to business. right now they are welcoming the visiting leader by lateral talks set for the next hour. it's the first of several meetings on this calendar for today and president obama and hu will hold a joint news conference later on this afternoon. you can hear in the background some of the music there and the pomp and circumstance. that will be unfolding today during this state visit of the chinese president. all right. the goal, to find some common ground and strive for common goals but it's implicated. tough conversations ahead on

topics that could affect all of us. issue number one, money. china is our biggest learnender. beyond, that has accused china of manipulating its money keeping the wand low in order to give products with that made in china label an edge. then there is the issue of jobs. the u.s. ships a lot of stuff to china. they are our third biggest buyer and shipping more products overseas means more work here at home. don't forget about china's growing military. sometimes president hu seems to be out of the loop. he is a civilian leading the military. well, china tested a new stealth fighter last week and hu looked like he didn't know anything about it. so there a lot of ground to cover and the white house is rolling out the red carpet. you see it there literally. senior white house correspondent ed henry is joining us live right now. as they get poised and ready for the arrival of president hu,

there is a lot of at stake, but perhaps the president, president obama is really setting the stage here, trying to at least, i guess, beef up the confidence of president hu by having this official state visit, something he wasn't able to get during prior visits with an american president? >> that's right. i was hearing president hu visiting president bush. he did not have the red carpet sort of rolled out in the same way. it's an important distinction. it's clear that this administration is trying to point out not just to the chinese but to the world the united states relationship with china is among its most important, perhaps its most important of all. and it's not just the economy, as you've been talking about, but security as well. let's not forget in recent weeks there has been tensions in the korean peninsula. china is one of our only real links to north korea. because of the trade and the economic ties china has to north korea. that is important and that is why president obama, you

mentioned that intimate dinner he had last night with hu and hillary clinton to talk about the issues. the economy and trade are huge as well. you see president obama walking out right now. let's take a listen. ♪ >> senior white house correspondent ed henry is still bus. we have our business correspondent christine romans joining us as well out of new york. ed, back to you, though, first. you know, we talk about the importance of the president hosting the chinese president hu jintao. they are talking about a number of things. security, as you mentioned, jobs, the economy, the chinese currency. is this a visit that really

promises to promote and secure some change, or is this dialogue to try to reset a tone with china for something later? >> 8:00 great question and i really think it's the latter. it's setting a tone. that's what senior u.s. officials say that this is an important dialogue. we should point out that their dinner last night was the eighth time that since president obama took office he has had one-on-one talks with the chinese president. that is a huge number, obviously, in two years. it gives you an idea how much care they are taking with this relationship. and what senior u.s. officials say is, look, we're not expecting a major breakthrough and not expecting to be a game-changer here but they say in private, president obama is planning to be direct and tough with president hu. in public, he is, of course, going to be less direct and trying to highlight where they agree instead of talking about the disagreements on trade, on

currency, on human rights as well, which we should note in addition to the other important economic and security issues. and so i think it is really more about a dialogue. we should not expect that when this is done, that there is going to be some grand strategic framework that is going to change the relationship for the next decade. but i do think this administration really lieses that china is going to be one of our most important allies potentially beyond this administration and that they are building that relationship that is probably going to go well, well beyond this administration. >> president hu jintao now arriving. christine romans in new york, give me an idea of perhaps the parameters for the president. while he may be talking about human rights he can only be so forceful on the issue of human rights because might that undermine the efforts when talking about economic issues? >> that's what is so interesting. so many difference aspects where

the united states and china are both partners and adversaries you need china helping you with north korea or iran or doing more with north korea or iran. today the united states is more and more vocal about concerns about trade issues and letting u.s. companies have more access to chinese markets. china has china-first policy for its markets and, in many cases, they are trying to build national superior entities for their own industries and that is something that american ceos have been concerned about. they are asking for american companies to give up intellectual property and dodd innovation and investing within china. in some ways, competing ultimately against the united states with u.s. innovation and technology. >> thank you both so much. we will listen in a moment here

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welcome back. i the president is greet ago number of schoolchildren other the south lawn. this is the opening and welcoming official ceremony of this state visit of the president hu from china. this evening, there will be a state dinner. before we each get to that part, we hope to hear from the president momentarily as he goes through a long line of people who have come to greet both presidents on the south lawn. we will hear from president obama as well as president hu. we understand during this three-day visit of the chinese

president, they will be talking about everything from trade to the chinese currency, as well as human rights. you heard our business correspondent christine romans talk earlier how the u.s., while tpts to be it wants to be emphatic about human rights it wants to strike a balance because they don't want to under mine their efforts as it pertains to the economy. you see lots of handshaking there. uncertain what president hu will be saying but this is a rare occasion because president hu doesn't make himself available too often for public comments and certainly not comments in front of western reporters, that certainly will be taking place momentarily. our senior white house correspondent ed henry is also there. let me bring you back, ed, into the equation on the time line here. after going through this long line of handshaking which

doesn't always happen during a state visit, why is this so important to show this kind of accessibility of the chinese president and the american president? >> oh, big time. you can see some of the chinese folks who are there who, you know, are beaming at the chance to shake the hand of the u.s. president and, you're right, for westerners a chance to get that close to the chinese president, this communism leader and shake his hand is extremely rare. you notice in the news conference today later today after 1:00 p.m. eastern time, i have been to many of these number of join conferences with president bush and president obama and, quote/unquote, news conferences usually become just statements because the chinese president is not willing to take questions from the western reporters. this was a big change the white house was able to get to force that and say, look, there is going to be some openness here. and, look, there could be all kinds of different questions the chinese president can get as well as the u.s. president in

terms of some pressure on him from the media in terms of how tough is he really being in these conversations behind closed doors and in public with the chinese leader on human rights? for example, john king i thought put it perfectly last night when he said on his program here you have standing together one president who is a nobel peace prize winner and another president who has a nobel peace prize winner in jail right now. pretty remarkable when you think about that contrast. >> it is remarkable. this is an occasion that is taking place just days after president hu had some interesting words with "the washington post" recently saying it was his intent and he could see that this trip could mean that china and the u.s. would, indeed, find common ground. that is something quoted in "the washington post" over the weekend. so is this the result of president obama perhaps being more firm with china in recent weeks, especially after this military exercises in north

korea which caused some consternation between the u.s. and china? >> certainly, they have their differences. the white house certainly wants to highlight areas where they can agree, but i have to tell you that i'm not sure they can claim too much credit because a lot of that may just be rhetoric, frankly, because there were other officials before this visit. there is always talks that both sides had beforehand to try to forge deals and what not. the u.s. economic team that met with chinese officials before this were told, came back to the united states about a week or so ago, very disappointed that they didn't get very far. we will see them in this pomp and circumstance, both leaders highlight where they agree, but there are still sharp, sharp disagreements that they have over the way china handles its currency. the deep trade imbalances. we should point out, as christine knows better than i, that the chinese president will be going to chicago after washington and, in part, he is

going to be visit an auto parts plant there where china is investing a significant amount of money. to try to, in part, obviously, let's say a pr effort to say, look. china is investing money here in the united states and that means u.s. jobs are created. that may be the case. but a lot of americans right now, with this stubbornly high unemployment rate almost 10% are seeing a lot of other u.s. jobs being shipped overseas right now and, obviously, a lot of people in our audience are skeptical that china is really willing to have a level playing field with the u.s. that will foster more economic growth year, more u.s. jobs created and that is why, in part, these talks about include meeting early this afternoon between the two presidents, as well as business leaders from both countries to try to hash some of that out. >> ed, thanks so much. christine romans, we will talk with you momentarily. right now, let's listen to president barack obama.

>> members of the chinese delegation, on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. and on behalf of the american people, welcome to the united states. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> three decades ago on a january day like this, another american president stood here and welcomed another chinese leader for the historic normalization of relations between the united states and the peoples republic of china. on that day, he spoke of the great possibilities of cooperation between our two nations. [ speaking in foreign language ]

>> looking back on that winter day in 1979, it is now clear the previous 30 years had been a time of estrangement for our two countries. the 30 years since have been a time of growing exchanges and understanding. with this visit, we can lay the foundation for the next 30 years. [ speaking in foreign language ]

>> at a time when some doubt the benefits of cooperation between the united states and china, this visit is also a chance to demonstrate a simple truth. we have an enormous stake in each other's success, in an interconnected world, in a global economy. nations, including our own, will be more prosperous and more secure when we work together. [ speaking in foreign language ]

>> the united states welcomes china's rise as a strong, prosperous, and successful member of the community of nations. indeed, china's success has brought with it economic benefits for our people, as well as yours. our cooperation on range of irks has helped advanced stability in the asia pacific and in the world. [ speaking in foreign language ]

>> we also know this. history shows that societies are more harmonious, nations are more successful, and the world is more just when the rights and responsibilities of all nations and all people are upheld, including the universal rights of every human being. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> mr. president, we can learn from our people. chinese and american students and educators, business people,

tourists, researchers, and scientists, including chinese americans who are here today, they work together and make progress together every single day. they know that even as our nations compete in some areas, we can cooperate in so many others, in a spirit of mutual respect for our mutual benefit. [ speaking in foreign language ]

>> ping said long ago remains true today. there are still great possibilities for cooperation between our countries. president hu, members of the chinese delegation, let us seize these possibilities together. welcome to the united states of america. [ speaking in foreign language ] [ speaking in foreign language ]

mrs. obama, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends. it gives me great pleasure to come to washington and pay a state visit to the united states and at the beginning of the new year, added invitation of president obama. at this point in time, let me extend on behalf of the 1.3 billion chinese people sincere greetings and best wishes to the people of the united states.

[ speaking in foreign language ] >> chinese president hu jintao here speaking after president obama just talked about this coming at a time, these meetings between these two nations when there has been doubt about the cooperation between the u.s. and china. our business correspondents christine romans is joining us from new york. our senior white house correspondent ed henry is there at the white house, as this is all taking place here on the south lawn. christine, let me begin with you, because we are talking about the cooperation between these two nations that it will take to restore the economic road that both countries would be able to enjoy some prosperity. you know, why is this particularly important, these two countries, these two presidents coming together at this state visit, especially when president hu will be handing over power in just a couple of years?

>> well, here is what is so important about it, i guess, for the american middle class. so long we have enjoyed low interest rates because we have had willing foreign krors, creditors. china is a big investor in the united states and keeping our interest rates low and we borrow money from china to buy consumer products more cheaply than we otherwise would have. the u.s./china relationship is something you feel every time you get in your car or open up the cupboard in your kitchen or you go to the mall or the shopping center. the question is where does that relationship go from here? china has used the open international markets that the united states has been championing for some time to build its own economic powerhouse but, at the same time, it is also building its own infrastructure spending money it has made from investing in the united states to compete and overtake the united states eventually economically. we don't have the same world views and that is something that the united states has been the super power and its world view

democracy and freedom the like in the open international markets. chinese are writing an international system with its own rules and unsettling in washington and in europe quite frankly, as well and why this relationship is so incredibly important because if both countries are going to prosper, they both need each other. there have been frictions bubbling lately, no we about it. it's incredibly important for these leaders to publicly put those frictions aside and maybe solve some of these problems. bottom line every china expert will tell you this. china only makes decision based on the best national interests of china. china has hundreds of millions of people that it's trying to pull out of poverty. even when china overtakes the u.s. in the size of its economy, its per capita income for each person, it will be much lower than the united states. no matter what, we will always be its biggest customer. >> it's confusing why the country refuses to keep its

currency low and one of the sticking points of the u.s. and european countries want to have dialogue with china to stop them from doing that. why? >> because it allows their export machine to keep humming. it allows them to employ millions of people in broad, huge, high tech campuses and churning out what used to be low-skilled, low quality goods like tennis shoes and t-shirts. now it's high tech items like iphones and ipads and maybe a civilization industry. ge will be supplying engines to the industry. i mentioned this before but china has a strategy of creating national champions so it invites american companies in to do business with china with the understanding those companies have to share technology and share expertise so china can grow its own industries to be the best in the world.

many industries have a long way to go. united states is the leader and has been no many years in innovation and technology but the chinese have long and very detailed national strategies for how to promote their own country. and in the united states, critics would say in the united states we have national strategies go two to four years depending on what election you're talking about. this is -- look. we are partners. our success for each company -- company if you will, relies on the other. at the same time we are also competitors and an interesting place to be at this juncture. >> christine romans, thank you very much. we will talk about the meetings president hu will be having and the contingent he has been traveling with the chinese contingent and why it's so important and pivotal. certain american companies he will be meeting with during this visit. we will have much more of our live coverage of the white house south lawn, live pictures right now of president hu jintao and president barack obama. me the bl

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welcome back. we continue to watch president hu jintao of china there speaking on the south lawn of the white house, following president barack obama who talked about this hopefully be a new day in terms of relations between the u.s. and china, especially as it pertains to these growing economies. and president hu jintao apparently just said that he is seeing some progress, particularly in the obama administration. our business correspondent christine romans is also listening. she from her perch in new york and our ed henry is also listening. in fact, he is there at the white house. let me go back to christine romans. christine, as the two are

shaking hands here and beginning now their official visit together, we know that they had an informal meeting last night. note takers were there. apparently they did have an informal meeting last night. hillary clinton was there as well. this evening, there will be a state dinner. part of the agenda for president hu he and his contingent will be meeting with a number of american companies, including that of ge, as you had just mentioned earlier. motivate, goldman sachs. motorola. why is it to important to have these face-to-face encounters with these american companies while here? >> i think it's a symbol of the fact many of these companies have been doing business in china and with china for years. it has been, quite frankly, a relationship that depending on the different industry, there have been concerns and successes about how far they managed to get in. china is a huge middle class and growing middle class. a holy grail for any company

looking for big growth. we know that gm sells more cars in china than it does in the u.s. but those cars are made in china with chinese workers and chinese parts and the profits are benefiting china and the balance sheet in china. so the question is how do you -- how do you make money and how do you open up china for these businesses and, to this point, i'll tell you the big story that most people talk about when they talk about china and business is that so many american companies have moved their factories because of low wages, subsidized campuses that they can use for their production, you know, that just simply the labor chain, the difference in the labor, lower environmental standards and all that kind of stuff made it much cheaper to produce things in china, but that story has changed. as i said a moment earlier, it used to be toys and trinkets and t-shirts. now the chinese have moved up the food chain, a very skilled manufacturing in that country. one thing that concerns business folks here is that from the

factory floor comes innovation. the chinese are rapidly expanding their ability to make higher end products all the time with higher margins and what does that mean for those manufacturers and those workers in this country? that is a bit of soul searching 30 years into this relationship and this business, this business arrangement between china and the united states. we are codependent nations that is for sure and the codependency changes every day. >> the u.s. wants to promote exports to china. they want a greater chinese investments in the united states. so, ed henry, senior white house correspondent, i'm wondering what does china want out of the u.s.? we know what the u.s. wants. >> well, they want to know that they will continue to be able to invest here in the united states. they also want to know that there's going to be cooperation moving forward and that there's going to be kind of a working partnership here. as you note, there have been

tensions, particularly in recent months, both on the national security and the economic front, as china rises, it wants to make sure that, you know, this is not an adversarial relationship as the u.s. doesn't want it to be. i think the way president obama put it when he said, look, we can compete. he said in his remarks, but we can also cooperate in so many areas for our mutual benefit. also worth noting the president said that he expects that the rights of all people will be respected. a very gentle mention, if you will, of the human rights issues that are on the table. we expect that behind closed doors, these are sort of the pleasantries that are exchanged and you will hear gentle admonishesments where they disagree. >> thank you both so much. we will take a break and back to the newsroom after this.

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while at the white house, president obama and chinese president hu jintao are starting their talks. up the straight on pennsylvania avenue serious talks about health care reform on capitol hill. florida wants six more states added to the federal lawsuit. they are the states you see right here in red. in blue, the 0 stat20 states al taking part and make a total of 26 states in this lawsuit. add a couple more in yellow and virginia has filed a separate complaint. oklahoma plans to do the same. all of these states claim the new law is unconstitutional.

this is it after months of wrangling and weeks of debate, lawmakers in the house will vote today on repealing the new health care reforms and the republicans have almost certainly the votes to knock it down in the house. jim acosta is live on capitol hill. walk us through what is happening to do. >> no big surprises house republicans should be able to deliver on a campaign promise and pass their bill to repeal president obama's health care law because republicans have a pretty big majority in the house, it should pass by a comfortable margin and it's expected to happen later on this evening. if you remember, there was that kerfuffle that broke out before the events in tucson over the use of the term job killing. the term job killing appears there. there was not much of a mention of that phrase yesterday. lawmakers tried to avoid those types of loaded phrases in talking about this legislation. but there were a couple of instances and this one exchange that went on between a new rp in

the houese tom reed and deb iwassermann schultz. >> i rise. this bill a sa whopping 2,500 pages, a monstrosity of new spending and government bureaucracy. rushed to approval after only 48 hours of arm twisting and deal making. >> i challenge our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, on the republican side of the aisle who are advocating the repeal of health care reform on the premise that it is a job killer, to name one area of health care, one, where there have been job losses. i would expect we would hear crickets chirping because there are none. >> the debate is expected to get started later on today. that is about as testy as it got. the debate was more policy driven than personal. for those of you enjoying this

health care debate, get your fill of it now because this legislation is expected to go nowhere in the senate why the mjt leader harry reid, the democrats are still in control, he has indicated he will not bring this bill up for a vote. >> despite the fact it may be futile in the senate, in the meantime, republicans are working on a replacement bill and vote in the house for reform and then there is something else they are working on, some doctorses of a bill? >> that's right. republicans say this is not just about repealing the bill and walking away. they want to come up with what they call a replace bill and they are expected to start talking about that tomorrow. they are going to break out into committees and start talking about ideas and some ideas we have heard about already. eric cantor, the majority leader, say they will be able to buy health insurance across state lines and would like to see tort reform as part of the equation. you will see some of this going on. the other thing that is happening on a separate track up

here on capitol hill is effort to defund the health care law and republicans working on that end of it as well to take money from the department of health and human services that might go to implementing the health care law and money going to the irs because the irs is part of the enforcement mechanism of this law later on down the road. you will see republicans going after those two elements as this process moves forward. >> jim acosta, thanks so much. a busy day in washington from capitol hill down to the white house as well. much more after this.

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a look at our top stories now. you have to see this incredible video off philadelphia. local station wcau captured this raging fireball. a gas main exploded killing one utilities worker and injuring five other people. long before the people. long before the tragic tucson mass shooting, congresswoman gabriel giffords told her husband she was worried about her own safety. her husband said the two talked about it several times and things happened just as they had discussed. giffords had gotten death threats and felt the political debate was getting overheated. and sergeaargent shriver, tn responsible for launching the peace corps has died. the highest civilian honor in a life devoted to publics is, his

daughter maria said he suffered from alzheimer's for years. >> sometimes, he didn't say anything. stiles, he'd say you're beautiful. i'd say i'm your daughter, maria. he goes, you are? i am, you're my dad. he goes, wow. >> oh. sargent shriver was 95. and some new developments to pass along in the tucson shooting rampage. . is reporti "the washington post" is reporting that a surveillance tape is showing jared loughner is shown raising the gun two or three feet away. a few classmates accused the shooter as being odd in his behavior. somewhat unnerving. now, there are reports that he also used drugs.

a former fred tells abc news that loughner smoked pot and ingest eed what what hallucinge. and here's a measure of just how many people have been discussed with the tragedy. this is a candle light vigil held hundreds of miles away in southern california. claremont college invited the campus and community to show support for those killed and those still recovering from tucson. and there may be good news to pass along on congresswoman giffords. her parents have sent an e-mail to friends that giffords may be flown for rehab. >> she gets better each day. she's improving.

as long as she stays on that slope, i'm confident she's going to make a full recovery. i don't know how long it's going to take. she's certainly going from here to some rehab facility. >> we've had a lot of people ask us, when's gabby going to come back. and i know you didn't predict that. and i know the doctors can't predict that. as you try to look forward, do you see her returning to public service? >> oh, absolutely. i mean, she is tough. they've seen how tough she is. from the time she showed up here in the emergency room. and how tough she is today. and i am certain that she'll be -- she'll be back stronger than ever. i don't know if that's in two weeks or two months but it's coming. >> and in the e-mail from giffords' parents she also say that she is now reading cards from well-wishers and even scrolled through some photographs on an ipod. we'll be right back. tonight? roasted chicken recipe? tonight? - savory rice and lamb stew. - [ barks ] you're right. tonight is a beef stew kind of night.

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10:00 a.m. on the east coast, 7:00 on the west. i'm fredricka whitfield in for i'm fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips this morning. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com a gas well exploded killing one utility worker and injuring five other people. and in spokane, washington, the fbi says a potentially deadly device was planted along a parade route celebrating martin luther king jr. day on monday. an agent said the device was hidden in the backpack, that you see right there. with the t-shirts that you see right there. they're showing the shirts in hoping that someone will recognize them. on to haiti.

charges are filed against the exiled dictator who returned home over the weekend. jean-claude duvalier, also known as "baby doc" has fled and they don't know why he's back. the charges relate to anti-corruption and also human rights violations. america and china now, it's among the most important relationships that we have with a foreign nation. a rising superpower. and today, president obama and chinese president hu jintao get down to business. the white house welcomed the chinese leader last hour. you see him there meeting with vice president biden, joe biden, and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton there. and now a bilateral meeting is getting under way. it is the first of several meetings on the calendar for today. and president obama and president hu will hold a joint news conference later on this afternoon. so there is a whole lot of ground in which to cover.

money, trade, the military. human rights. senior white house correspondent ed henry is joining us live. so, ed, we understand that the two have been in the oval office. and they are in the white house now, soon to begin these bilateral discussions. what else would take place? >> yeah, they've started the bilateral talks, as you know, fred, they're in the oval office right now as we speak. and it's interesting because there are these big substantive issues. but what do think they talked about first? what do two leaders do when they sit down? the weather, if you can believe it. one of my colleagues came out of the oval office and overheard president obama explaining to president hu that, yeah, it's pretty normal to be this cold around washington. the superpowers will talk about mundane things like the weather. but they're going to move quickly on, obviously, to trade. to talking about trying to reform china's currency. also human rights. and big security issues like

north korea. now, we're told by senior u.s. officials that president obama's tone in these private meetings like the one in the oval office right now is going to be firm, it's going to be direct, it's going to be tough. urging for reforms but in public, of course, for diplomatic purposes, they're going to stress the positives a lot more. and that's exactly what we saw when president hu arrived on the south lawn. both leaders talking about where they agree. >> at the time when summed out the benefits of cooperation between the united states and china, this visit is also a chance to demonstrate. we have an enormous stake in each other's success. in an interconnected world, in a global economy, nations, including our own, will be more properous and more secure when we work together. >> our participation as partners

should be based on mutual benefit. china's future and mutual destiny are tied to those of the world. our two countries should seek to learn from each other through exchanges and achieve win-win progress through cooperation. this is the right approach for us to develop our relations. >> both sides, obviously, stressing cooperation. and a nice handshake after that when they went into the oval office where the bilateral sttas are under way right now. president obama also noted that the rights of all people need to be respected, perhaps a gentle way of mentioning human rights. to my right, you can see the handshake there. just outside the white house, a lot of protesters shouting about tibet. free tibet, trying to send a message to president hu. we've got pictures of that as well. so all of this playing out as

these two leaders sit down in the oval office. also behind me, it's probably hard to see the white on white but there's scaffolding back there. that's the north portico, that where president hu will be arriving later for the state dinner. fred? >> ed henry, thanks so much. on the right-hand side of the screen, you're seeing the meeting between president hu and president obama in the oval office right there. chatting up a little bit, and also doing the handshaking there, a view of the photographers there as well. >> so, this is it. after months of wrangling and weeks of debate now, we're leave the scene of china and the u.s. now, we're talking about capitol hill. lawmakers will vote today on repealing new health care reform. right now, live pictures, the house is getting ready to enter its final stage of debate. the vote is expected later on this afternoon. and republicans almost certainly say they have the votes to back the repeal.

>> i rise today in support of the repeal of the job killing obamacare legislation. this bill is a whopping 2,500 pages of monstrosity of new spending and government bureaucracy. rush to approval after only 48 hour us of arm-twisting and deal-making. >> and i challenge our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, on the republican side of the aisle who are vociferously advocating the repeal on the presence that it's a job-killer, to name one area where there have been job loss us. i would suspect that we would hear crickets chirping because there are none. >> that was earlier. the majority leader eric cantor of virginia speaking after a few words from house speaker boehner. >> as the speaker said, we also believe that this bill is detrimental to job creation in this country. we believe it's bad for the

economy. and we are going to begin to deliver on posing an alternative and better way for the american people. we've also said that we are going to be a results-driven congress. so i've got a problem with the assumption here that somehow the senate can be a place for legislation to go into a cul-de-sac or dead-end. and leader reed continues to say that he is not going to bring this up for a vote in the senate. the american people deserve a full hearing. they deserve to see this legislation go to the senate for a full vote. interestingly, senator schumer says that this is a political win for the democrats. if so, let's see the votes. >> as speaker and leader said today, we'll have our vote. the speaker asked last year -- >> all right, you're listening to the republican commitment to have a vote on repealing health care reform. that vote likely to take place

later on this afternoon in the house. but you heard mr. cantor talking about how in the senate, it is not likely to have any success, the kind of success that boehner and cantor are hoping for in the house. we'll keep you posted on the efforts to repeal health care reform in the house today. in the meantime, let's talk about some nasty weather in some parts. this is a picture of misery in parts of washington state. the problem, mud slides. a highway worker said it looks like a bomb went off, seeing all those big trees littering highways. as much as 6 to 10 inches of rain in less than a day triggered those mudslides. jacqui jeras in the weather center. oh, my gosh, to see that kind of timber come rolling down the hill, that is frightening. >> it is it's a scary thing. they didn't get a lot of that rain yesterday. pretty much no rain is expected across the northwest today. that's the good news. but the bad news is that the

soil is still very saturatesoap it remains an unstable situation. we've got a promenade of storms coming through the pacific northwest. the last storm is moving through the rockies and starting to throw moisture in parts of the plain states so we're looking at wintry weather across the rocky mountains, western colorado, some snow coming down around nebraska, a little freezing rain in wichita and parts of oklahoma. but that's very, very light. winter storm advisories are in effect, as well as watches as the system will start to spread all the way into the ohio valley and later tonight into places that haven't seen a lot of snow as of late. they're going to get a couple inches. you know, it's not a monster storm of the century, for example. we don't think you'll get a foot out of this. kansas city, it's been a while since you've seen 5 to 9 inches of snowfall. indianapolis, 4 to 5 inches expected around there.

that's going to head over into the cincinnati area as well. eventually, likely turn into a northern eastern storm. yeah, the heads-up on that one for you probably come friday. with this arctic air that's building in across the upper midwest. and these are the temperatures that you're going to be waking up tomorrow morning. look at that, 14 degrees below zero in fargo. 14, maybe they could handle that. but you add in the winds, we're talking 20s and 30s below, fredricka. things are go to come pretty ugly there tomorrow morning. >> i don't know how folks do it but they are hearty in that part of the country. >> what's the difference -- >> you're not going outside, i don't mind 100 degrees. it doesn't make a big difference for me. >> thank you, jacqui. appreciate it. take a look at this. who is that man? that's our rob marciano. i want to explain, what is he doing in colorado? have you even seen that kind of sport? it's kind of the newest rage. >> oh, yeah. >> he's into it.

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lot different this time around. "showbiz tonight" host a.j. hammer is live in new york. a.j., it's hard to think of "idol" without simon cowell, but we must. >> fred, for so many people, love him or hate the guy, he really was the show. it's going to be very interesting to see exactly how "idol" plays out after all the buildup last year. there's been so much speculation since may. finally, the new season wraps up. in case you missed it, new judges, jennifer lopez and steven tyler will join the last original judge randy jackson there on the panel. nigel lipco is the executive producer. and "showbiz tonight" caught up with him to get inside scoop on steven tyler's judging approach and to find out if j. lo is indeed the new diva in town. watch what he told us. >> ryan seacrest is much more of a diva than jennifer lopez. even if you can't sing, seacrest will say, i hear your spirit

singing to me but don't give up your day job. it's very pleasantly done. >> that's the kind of guy tyler is. "idol" was still a ratings juggernaut last season. but viewership did drop off some. still, fred, there are eager fans. you know we'll be watching. >> of course, you are watching other things, too, such as the birth of a new son by john travolta and kelly preston. and they're now talking, they're breaking their silence about this silent birth. >> yeah, there have been a lot of questions about this. and preston just appeared on the "today" show this morning to talk about the new baby she explained that she and john, who scientologists went through what's called a silent birth. take a look at this. >> silent birth is basically no words as much as possible. if you need to moan or if you cry out or all of that, of course, that's normal.

but just bringing them in as peaceful and gentle a way as possible. >> it's a different approach than a lot of people take. but preston says after giving birth three times, she believes silent birth helped her to have, quote, calm and peaceful kids. in the interview, she also talked about how her family's got an outpouring of support from so many people, preston and travolta's oldest son jett died of a seizure two years ago. preston says while she thinks of jett every day, all of this support and new baby has been, as she put it, wonderfully healing. that's good to hear. >> congratulations to them on their new bundle of joy. then, let's talk about somebody who is known for her great hairdo and why jennifer aniston said she hated it. >> there are a lot of women freaking out about it. talking and buzzing. anniston said she hated the

haircut. you may remember this do from its heyday. aniston said it was not her best look. and it was the ugliest hair that she'd ever seen. a lot of women went out and modeling their hair that far. fred did you give in to the jen haircut? >> no, but i liked the haircut. who cares what i have to say. i kind of thought that was one of her best looks. she always looks good. that was kind of a signature, put her on the map look? >> yeah, i guess it was really more her character's and she hated it. kn who knows. >> oh well. a.j. hammer, appreciate it. you want everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j.'s got it on "showbiz tonight" 5:00

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and richard, i understand there's this surveillance tape, how was it acquired and what does it tell you about the scene of the crime? >> fredricka, good morning. there are a number of tapes but i think the information has been out there for some time. but the safeway did have cameras from within and out of the store. i viewed the tape the day of the incident. and the computer hard drives with the tapes on them have been turned over to the fbi. but, and quite honestly, we did not disclose the information on these tapes for a variety of reasons. most importantly, to protect the family. from, really, the graphic detail that exists on those. however, this information is out there. and i have been discussing it. so i can tell you what i've seen, if you wish. >> well, tell me what you've seen. >> one portion of the tape, and please understand, there are really dozens of different perspectives from different cameras with different time

lines in seeing our suspect, jared, in and around the safeway. there's a portion of the tape where you see very clearly, that jared, the suspect comes out one of the doors, he walks around the table. a collapsable six-foot table, when he does so with significant purpose. he walks up to the congresswoman, points a gun at her face and shoots. she is barely in the frame of that video. the suspect then turns to his left and actually kind of walks out of the perspective or the video itself. and we know, from talking to witnesses, and others in and around that chaotic scene, that he fired indiscriminately from that point forward at people that were seated in chairs. this would have been to the congresswoman's right. he then turns back to his right, and engages the aide for the congresswoman, mr. barber, you

can see he is shot up and around the face and neck area. at that very moment, as mr. barber is attempting to go to the ground perhaps as a result of the injury, or perhaps to flee. you can see the judge, rucjudge roll, very purposefully put his arms on mr. barber, in to an attempt to have him crawl under the table which is actually an obstruction from the two for escaping that rests behind them. it's my estimation that the judge really, i think, offers himself, or helps a friend or colleague by pushing him under the table in in doing so, he exposes his back to the sheoote. the shooter does shoot him in the back. you can see before the tape finishes that they're starting to really retreat from the opposite side of the table. and that's pretty much the extent of the video that i watched. >> so, it certainly tells you a

lot about the instincts of the victims in those final moments. and, so, based on what you envisioned when looking at the crime scene, just moments after it happened, how does that compare to what you ended up seeing, right there on videotape? did it alter your understanding in a very profound way? >> well, you know, in law enforcement, we have somewhat of a sterile view of crime scenes. and as as much as this has affected me personally, i have to detach my personal feelings from this investigation. having said that, it gave me a perspective to substantiate what we were being told. there were dozens of folks at that chaotic scene who each had their own perspective. some were injured. some were wounded. some watched what transpired. and when we were talking to all of these folks, it was really unclear to try to piece this together what took place. and when i watched the video, it helped me understand very

clearly the purpose and the focus that i believe the suspect had. i was concerned about what his objective was. and was very clear to me that he walked up and fired the first round right at congresswoman giffords. he then, of course, as i mentioned, turned to his left, came back to his right, subsequently killing the judge. >> and what more did this tape reveal to you about jared loughner, the suspect himself? was he wearing ear plugs? that was something that's been reported. and how close was he to congr s congresswoman giffords when he fired the shot? >> well, we know he was wearing ear plugs, because when he was arrested, the ear plugs were removed. and that suggests in my mind some understanding of what he was about to do. actually, he was in the safeway. there was even video of him talking to one of the grocery clerks in there. he's pointing to his ear to indicate to the clerk that he can't hear because he's got ear

plugs in. somewhat interesting. >> and in the proximity to congresswoman giffords, did you have a better view of exactly how close he was by looking at this videotape? >> yes, fredricka, it was clear to me that he was within 24 to 36 inches within her face with the weapon. >> this information has been passed to the fbi. it is the home of the pima county sheriff's department to not try to, i guess, impair the trial, by releasing the video publicly, before releasing it to the fbi. is that about right? >> fredricka, you know, this case is not a who done it. we know very clearly from the witnesses and the witness accounts who committed this crime. and, yes, we are protective of evidence. there are other reasons for it and they may become apparent, you know, down the road, some

bits and pieces of this evidence. my sincere concern was, yes, it was the videotape. i wanted to protect the families from this graphic video. perhaps it's ironic for me to be speaking about it. but i did talk to family and let them know that we have discussed this. but as it exists right not, it's with the fbi. and i would imagine they're doing other things with this right now. and it may be presentable for some -- throughout some future point. >> richard kastigar, chief investigator for the pima county sheriff's department. thank you. !e!e!e!e!e!e!e!e!e!e!

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the stock market, well, the opening bell just rang about an hour ago. let's take a look right now at the numbers with the dow down just about five points or so. hopefully, things will perk up later on today. some encouraging news already, perhaps coming from the white house. might there be a ricochet effect on the markets as well? let's check in with -- oh, in fact, let's take a listen right now. that moment between president barack obama at the white house and chinese president hu jintao. >> at a time when some doubt the benefits of cooperation between the united states and china, this visit is also a chance to demonstrate a simple truth. we have an enormous stake in each other's success. in an interconnected world, in a

global economy, nations, including our own, will be more proce prosperous and more secure when we work together. >> so, apparently, the bilateral talks have been going on barely 30 minutes. and already we understand from white house sources that there is some progress to speak of. our business correspondent christine romans is in new york. you talked with some contacts. what are we learning? >> well, senior administration official is giving some numbers to the work that they've been doing actually into the weeks heading up into this particular event. you know, these things always have the stage craft and the diplomacy and then the deals announced to show they've accomplished something. they're going to announce $45 billion in new contracts, new cracks in expour ports from uni states to china. everything from agriculture

product, honeywell projects, cummings engines, a whole host of things. even technology. a hybrid bus deal that will be announced today. also, an announcement that a $19 billion boeing aircraft will be bought by the chinese. some 200 different boeing planes. a big criticism has been that the chinese don't buy enough of our stuff. but when you buy a bunch of aircraft that helps to narrow the gap just a little bit. however, just a little bit, we do have a yawning deficit. a senior official was saying that $45 billion in contracts announced today is going to be used to support, "support," that's the word they use, 225,000 jobs. apparently, they're trying to put a spin on the optics of this whole event, that this relationship can support american jobs, instead of all the headlines you see about americans losing jobs because of competition with china.

one other thing on software that i found interesting. for years, software companies have been concerned that bone o the biggest users of software is the chinese. according the chinese, according to our government, have promised to stop using counterfeit software. in fact, this time, have put money in a budget, in an audit process, to legalize the software used. if the chinese follow through on that, that would be a big win for the software industry. >> christine, that 245,000 jobs being supported week talking about sustaining existing jobs, is that what that lingo means? supporting? >> they used the word -- >> right. >> the word they use is "support." they don't say "create." they use "support," 235 million jobs, 12 states, companies and

everything from hybrid bus to clean energy deals. to agriculture products. this is short of a show craft of obviously this whole state diplomacy that they're going to show us a bunch of deals and working on them for sometime. critics are going to say hu jintao is going to come bearing gifts and with this playing field, by giving a few deals. $45 billion is nothing for that. 235,000 jobs, if the white house is right, is -- you know, it's good. >> all right. the signs of progress already very early in the game. thanks so much, christine romans in new york. all right, let's take a look at other stories making headlines. crews are working on a ruptured what gas well in philadelphia when this happened. a spark tragically ignited. a local station, wcau captured the fireball. in colorado, a mother is

charged in her child's death. police say 34-year-old shannon johnson was on facebook and left her son unattended in a bathtub. the 13-month-old infant drown. and sargent shriver died yesterday. he married into the kennedy clan but made quite a name for himself. shriver ran the peace corps and later coordinate johnson's war. and also won the medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. shriver's daughter maria remembers him as a gentle man as he struggled through alzheimer's. >> sometimes, she didn't say anything, sometimes, he'll say you're beautiful. i'll say, i'm your daughter maria. he goes, you are? i go, i am. you're my dad. he goes wow. >> sargent shriver was surrounded by their five children and their families when he died.

he was 95. and this hour, the u.s. army is confronting the issue of suicide in its ranks. the picture is decidedly mixed while suicides fell among active duty personnel last year, there was a troubling increase in the national reserves and the national guard. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr is sifting through the study with a closer look. >> good morning, fredricka. at this hour, the army is briefing reporters here in the pentagon about all of this and it say mixed picture. let's look at some of the numbers right off the top here. now in the active duty military, those who are full-time active duty in the army, in 2010 which just rapped up, 156 suicides. certainly, a tragedy, but a bit of good news, perhaps, if you can call it that. that's down 6 from last year. the army has been confrontsing escalating suicides for years now. so any decline shows a little hope, they think that their

suicide prevention and awareness programs are working. but in the guard and reserves, the figures there show you 65 more this year than last. that's a problem they don't really know why that's happening. the guard and reserves, about half of them never even deploy to the war zone. these are people living in their communitiy ies and this tragedy befalls them. they commit suicide. the army is just looking at that. a lot of mental health programs in the army try to offer counseling and awareness even before troops go to the war zone, fred? >> something else i want to ask you about this study. apparently mullen's wife fainted at a ceremony. what can you tell us? >> yeah, just a while ago. we'll show you the individual in a minute. mrs. mullen was at the white house on the south lawn for the welcoming ceremony for the chinese president. she'd be standing along with

everybody out in the cold on this cold washington morning for about 40 minutes. let's show you the video now, if you look very carefully between the two leaders, you will see a woman in a red coat falling and she is immediately helped up by a man in a navy uniform next to her. of course, her husband, admiral mike mullen, we'll zoom in on that. and you'll see this lady in a red coat. at first, mullen's staff did not acknowledge what had happened. but a short time ago they gave us a statement saying, quote, mrs. mullen fainted this morning while attending the welcoming ceremony. she was escorted indoors by admiral mullen and quickly recovered. she is doing just fine. most people don't know deborah mullen. we do. i can tell you these a lady who spends a lot of time behind the scenes working with wounded troops, working with military families. she's a really nice person and we wish her the best.

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all right. so when you go to a restaurant that posts how many calories are in the entries, do you start thinking, maybe i shouldn't order that? well, a new study says you're still going to order what you want, no matter how ugly the truth is. senior correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us. why do we do that? >> right. that's what this one study says. this one study had people who ate at a restaurant called taco time. i had never heard of that. it's in seattle, in the suburbs. that's a distinction because in seattle, you have to put the calories on a menu, but in the

suburbs, you don't. there were a lot of things you might want to think twice about at this restaurant. for example, the 609-calorie beef natural soft taco or the 906-calorie beef big time mesi-burrito. >> yes. >> 906. about half the calories people are supposed to get in one burrito. >> apparently, people didn't care. >> okay, a lot of advocates for these whole labeling. we're hoping this is going to impact how people order food, et cetera. but it's not working. they're not very encouraged by this. >> well, it's important to remember this is one restaurant. maybe the kind of people who go to taco time don't really care so much about the calories. maybe they want a taco. they want that 900-calorie burrito. right. they go for the taste so they don't care. maybe it has to do with the way it's labeled. maybe there aren't so many attractive alternatives that are less than 600 calories.

maybe that's the point. it's interesting at this one restaurant that's what they found. >> so other restaurants that adhere to, you know, giving you some information about your meals. is there, i guess, a conclusion on those? >> yes, they had a different experience. for example, starbucks in new york city. they found when they put the calories on there, people actually did order -- you know, dishes that have fewer calories, or drinks that had fewer calories. it did work. and also some restaurant chains, when they were forced to put the calories on there, the restaurant chains on their own said, wait a minute, maybe we ought to chain the menu and come up with healthy dishes. so it has had an impact. at least with this particular restaurant, with this clientele, it didn't seem to matter. >> elizabeth cohen, thanks so much. it's always nice to have extra information. >> i guess if you get a hankering for a certain thing, you've got blinders on. >> right. >> i've changed what i wanted. whoa, you got to be kidding. a chicken caesar salad, all of

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all right. sarah palin's unfavorable rating is at an all-time high. cnn deputy political corrector

paul steinhauser is at the politic political desk. do tell. >> fred, this is a case when an all-time high is a new low. check it out. unfavorable opinion of sarah palin for 56% among americans. that's up 7 points from last october when we polled last on her. this comes after two weeks in which she's been spotlighted a lot because of the shooting in arizona. check this out. very favorable difference on sarah palin democrats. they don't have a favorable opinion of sarah palin. look at that, republicans still have a favorable opinion of sarah palin. there's the unfavorables. what a difference that is. hey, fred that big health care vote in the house, later today, a vote on possibly repealing health care. we don't think it will get past the house, what do americans think? check this out from the new poll as well. it seems older and younger americans don't agree on the issue as well.

those under 50, well, they're kind of divided on whether the lawmakers should repeal all the provisions in the health care law. look at that, 50 and older, they favor repealing the health care law. fred, that's what i got on the ticker. back to you. >> thanks so much. paul, once again, congratulations on your new bundle of joy, papa. >> thank you so much. >> you definitely have your plate full now. thanks so much, paul. and of course, we'll have your next political update in one hour. a reminder, for all the political news, go to our website cnnpolitics.com. all right, this is premiere week. on "piers morgan" tonight, it continues with condoleezza rice which you've never seen before. she sat down to talk about politics and her personal life. >> did you drink alcohol while you were in office? >> occasionally.

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all right. some rodeo cowboys are trading in their broncos or skis and snowboards as you see right there. yes, cowboys on the slopes. they're at steamboat springs, the ski resort. at the annual cowboy downhill race in colorado. looks a little dangerous. well, guess what, our cnn meteorologist rob marciano. didn't you know, he's a cowboy, too. well, he's they're at steamboat springs, but, insteader at a weather conference. tell us about your adventures. doing anything like that, ski jumping or snowboard jumping like the cowboys? >> reporter: well, we've got an interesting story for you that we filmed over the weekend. we'll include some aerials. that's for tomorrow. what we do in the morning hours, as we do some work, we get together and we sharpen our

skills and get to talk with the top scientists in the field of meteorology and climate and in the afternoon, we get to do some fun. you probably saw the cowboy downhill that's where 70 cowboys and cowgirls who really can't ski or board. that's a sight. >> okay. >> reporter: really. what reynolds wolf and i did yesterday, this doesn't have to do with skis or snowboards. it has to do with snow biking which is something -- it's a new thing on the mountain. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: and after trying it, it's the one of the most -- it's just an absolute blast. instead of wheels you've got skis on the bike, you've got these fred flintstone-type skis on your feet. you just blast down the mountain and it's just so much fun. >> and you're ski egg ting the runs or biking as the snowboarders? >> reporter: that's it. same runs. it gets squirrely when you hav